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Originally Posted by RS8MB0R8
It was shocking and blatant cheating. To say any other player would have done the same thing doesn't make it right. The game was a great battle to watch and for it to be settled by a sickening act like that... I hope Uruguay get f*cking stuffed by Holland! Even if they don't and manage to get to the final, Suarez should be banned for that as well.
Sending someone off and giving a penalty may be 'almost' balancing the circumstances out if there's still a fair chunk of the game left to play but it was the last kick of the ball before pens so effectively saying a penalty alone compensates for a winning goal? No it doesn't!!
In rugby, if something like that happens, the attacking team gets a penalty try. In that situation in football, the only fair decision would be to award a penalty goal (even though I know they can't because there's no such thing!).
An absolute joke and Ghana can feel genuinely robbed. Desailly has been supporting Ghana since day 1 so to say the commentary was biased is silly. They reacted the way they did because anyone barring the most blinded of Uruguayan fans would admit it was an appalling display of dishonesty and cheating. Uruguay didn't deserve to go through in the same way that France didn't deserve to qualify for the tournament at all.
C'mon Holland. I said they'd win it before the comp started and hopefully they'll now brush aside Uruguay before meeting Spain in the final. My money's on Germany today as well cos I think they'll wind the Argentines up and the frustration will play right into their hands.
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He did on the spur of the moment and I didnt say it was right, I just said any player would do the same. Theres been plenty of this through the years of football so why all of a sudden should one player be banned for longer than FIFA rules state, just because the underdogs have been knocked. The decision shouldnt be based on the importance of the game .
Btw, has anyone called for Harry Kewell a dirty and blatant cheat when he handled on the line against Ghana and has anyone called for a longer ban for Kewell? No? Maybe because Ghana won that game? Can we really make rules up to suit.
Statement from FIFA:
Fifa's disciplinary code gives the committee the option of a longer ban for "unsportsmanlike conduct".
It may find his action was contrary to the fair play code which states: "Winning is without value if victory has been achieved unfairly or dishonestly. Cheating is easy, but brings no pleasure."
Talk about hypocrites, they didnt release this when Henry ****ed ROI over did they?